No matter what you believe in, you can find a group of people who think the way you do. I recently heard a man explaining that more harm can be done by the truth than by out-and-out lies. WHAT?? The example he gave is a web page devoted to instances of black people physically attacking white people. Every day they post more instances of this violent behavior, along with rhetoric warning us of the consequences of “us” allowing “them” to “get by” with it. While these things actually happened, they are being presented in a way which may cause fear and suggest retaliation. Our learned behavior of tribalism is not conducive to peaceful living. The myriad of activities which pit us against each other, or set up sides for us to group together with like-minded people —- years of these practices have made us an adversarial society, and it feels wrong. So I’m going to visualize a world where we all trade our beliefs for a blank slate on which to see what is actually happening, without our biased perceptions interpreting everything. Let me know how a clean heart and head show you the world!
“Mortal error will vanish in a moral chemicalization. This mental fermentation has begun, and will continue until all errors of belief yield to understanding. Belief is changeable, but spiritual understanding is changeless.” Mary Baker Eddy- Science and Health Page 96:21
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